Coffee, tea, and milk urn.



J. AUSUCUA.

COFFEE,'TEA,AND MILK URN.

Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6.1917.

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INI/E/VTOR JAusucua J. AusucuA. COFFEE, TEA, AND MILK URN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. 1911.

1,256,424. "Patented Feb. 12,1918.

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INVENTOR I Jwm Jmwaw A TTOR/VEYS JUANAUSUCUA, .or new YORK, n. Y. i

COFFEE, TEA, AND MILK URN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1917. Serial No.152,684.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, UAN 'AUSUCUA, a subject of the King" or" Spain, and at. present residing in the city of-New York, borough' of Manhattan, in the'county and State of New York,- have invented a new and lmproved Coffee, Tea, and'Milk Urn, of which the' followingis a full, clear, andexact description;

The obj ect of -the "invention is to provide a new and improved-coffee, tea and' milk urnmore especially designed for usein restaurants, hotels and other places serving coffee, tea, milk and similar beverages, and arranged topermit theattendant-in charge to control the heating of the beverages to the minutest degree andwitli'out danger of overheating or causing th beverages to reach a boiling stage so injurious to the production of good cofiee and tea to be served.

In-order to accomplish the desired result use is made of a-water boiler or water heating chamber adapted to be arrangedover a source of heat, a tank containing a number of vessels adapted to be charged with diflerent beverages to. be heated, the vessels being spaced at their bottoms'and sides from the bottoms and sides of the said tank to provide space for heating Waterin the tank, and a vapor generating chamber intermediate the top of the said water boiler and the bottom of the said tank.- Use is also made of manually controlled-means for controlling the admission of air in the said air or vapor chamber.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forminga part of this specification, in which similar characters ofreference indicate corresponding partsin all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the urn;-

Fig.-2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 8 is a'sectional side elevation of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same.

The coffee, tea and milk urn in its general construction consists of a water boiler or a heating chamberlO adapted to be set over a milk, and the said vessels are provided with draw-oft faucets 17, 18 and 19 extending through the side wall of the tank 12 to be' readily controlled by the attendant in charge of the urn to permit such attendant to draw 0H tea, codes or milk as demanded. Glass gages 20, 21 and 22 are connected attheir lower ends with the vessels 17, 18 and19,

and at'their upper ends with the upper portionsof the vessels 14, 15' and 16 to indicate- Patented Feb.12, 1918.

the level of the several beverages in the'said vessels.

The upper ends of the vessels 14, 15 and 16 are provided with outwardlyextending flanges 24 resting .on the upper edge of the tank 12 to suspend the said vessels within the'tank 12 in such a manner thatthe bot-v toms and sides of the vessels'are spaced from the bottom and sides of the tank 12, as

plainly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. The' providedwith a cover 37, thus permitting of storing an extra supply of milk which re celves a preliminary heating prior to being poured into the vessel 16 in case the latter needs replenishing.

Thetank 12 is adapted to be chargedwith water through a suitable inlet spout 40 nor-' mally closed by a hinged cover 41, and the" tank12 is also provided with a draw-off faucet 42 and aglass gage43 indicatingthe level of the water in the tank 12. A ther mometer 44 is also arranged on the tank 12 to indicate the temperature of the water conv tained therein. The closable vapor generating chamber 11 is provided with a" number of air valves or faucets'45 whichwhen open permit the circulation of air and vapor through the said chamber to permit the attendant to'regulate the temperature of the vapor in the said chamber 11. The air valves-45 have their spouts turned upward, as plainly shown in Fig. 1. On the back of the chamber 11 is arranged a valve filling spout 46 for partly filling the said chamber The upper open end of the vessel 16 is normally closed by an auxiliary milk-containing vessel 36' .water separately for usein the percolators 30 and 31. The water boiler 10 is provided with a suitable thermometer 53 to indicate the temperature of the water in the said boiler.

The water boiler 10 forms the base of the urn and is provided at the front with a shelf '60 for supporting teapots, coffee pots and milk pitchers and like vessels to be filled with tea, coffee or milk drawn from the vessels 1a, 15 and 16 by the attendant opening the corresponding draw-off faucets 17, 18 and 19.

When the urn is in position over a source of heat, for instance, set on top of a gas stove, and the burners thereof are lighted then the water contained in the boiler 10 is heated and heat is radiated from the top of this boiler to heat the Water contained in the chamber 11 to fill the upper portion thereof with Vapor. The temperature of the vapor and water in the chamber 11 can be readily controlled by the attendant opening or closing the air inlets or throwing 05 some of the water. The heat from the vapor or air in the said chamber 11 heats the water in the tank 12 and this heated Water in turn heats the several vessels 1e, 15 and 16 and their contents. From the foregoing it will be seen that by the arrangement described the several beverages are heated to the desired degree Without danger of overheating or causing the beverages to reach the boiling stage, it being Well known that such boiling stage of tea, coffee or milk is injurious to the production of good tea, coffee or milk for use as beverages.

By the use of the chamber 11 intermediate the boiler 10 and the tank l2'the heating of the latter can be controlled to the minutest degree by the operator admitting air to the chamber 11, or drawing hot water therefrom or charging it with colder water.

Although I have shown and described the urn arranged with three vessels 14, 15 and 16 for containing tea, coffee and milk, it is evident that only one such vessel may be used for making a correspondingbeverage. 7

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. An urn, comprising a water boiler adapted to be arranged over a source of heat, a tank containing a number of vessels adapted to be charged with difierent beverages to be heated, the vessels being spaced at the bottom and sides from the bottom and sides of the said tank to provide a space for heating water in the tank, and a closable vapor generating chamber intermediate the top of the said water boiler and the bottom of the said tank.

2. An urn, comprising a water boiler adapted to be arranged over a source of heat, a tank containing a number of vessels adapted to be charged with different beverages to be heated, the vessels being spaced at the bottom and sides from the bottom and sides of the said tank to provide a space for heating water in the tank, a closable;

vapor generating chamber intermediate the top of the said water boiler and the bottom of the said tank, and manually controlled valves connected With the said vapor generating chamber to permit of controlling the temperature of the vapor in the said vapor chamber.

3. An urn, comprising a water boiler adapted to be arranged over a source of heat, a tank containing a number of vessels adapted to be charged with different beverages to be heated, the vessels being heat, a tank containing a number of vessels adapted to be charged with coffee and tea and milk to be heated, the vessels being spaced at the bottom and sides from the bottom and sides of the said tank to provide a space for heating water in the tank, the

said vessels for containing the coffee and tea then being normally closed at the top by removable percolators' having perforate bottoms and removable tops and the said vessel for containing milk being normally closed at the top by aremovable auxiliary milk container, and arclosable vapor generating chamber intermediate the top of the said water boiler and the bottom of the said tank.

5. An urn, comprising a water boiler adapted to be arranged over a source of heat, a tank containing a number of vessels adapted to be charged with different beverages to be heated, the vessels being spaced at the bottom and sides from the bottom and sides ofthe said tank to provide a space for heating Water in the tank, draw-01f faucets for the said Vessels and extending through the front of the tank to the outside of the latter to allow of drawing off individual beverages from the vessels as required, and a closable vapor generating chamber intermediate the top of the said Water boiler and the bottom of the said tank.

6. An urn, comprising a Water boiler adapted to be arranged over a source of heat, a tank, a vessel in the tank and spaced from the sides and bottom of the tank to form a space for heating Water in the tank,

the vessel being adapted to be charged With a beverage, means for drawing off the beverage from the vessel as required, a closable vapor generating chamber intermediate the top of the said Water boiler and the bottom of the said vessel, and manually controlled means for controlling the temperature of the air or vapor in the said vapor chamber, said means including upwardly opening spouts and valves controlling the same.

JUAN AUSUCUA.

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Washington, D. C. 

